Miley-Dyler: “We understood that there were some unintended consequences of periods”

The WSL competitions manager reviewed what happened with the controversial rule that she chose not to use this year


November 15, 2021
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Cover photo: Kanoa Igarashi is one of the two-time qualifiers. By WSL/Ben Reed

WSL Senior Vice President and Head of Competitions Jessi Miley-Dyer acknowledged that it is not a good time to apply The controversial rule of double-classification and thanks to the surfers' proposal it was realized that it did not have to be used this year.

“We understood that there were some unintended consequences with the rule,” she said, according to an interview published last Friday by the WSL. “We got a lot of feedback on the rule in Europe and I think it was fair feedback. A number of us had good conversations with the surfers,” she explained.

“As we have not seen the rule in operation in real time (…) After reviewing it with all the feedback we received, we believe it is not the correct thing to use this year. Going forward we will review the rule and how it will be applied with the representatives of the Challenger Series surfers and collectively see how it should be used in the future,” he added.

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Traditionally, double-qualified surfers, who enter the elite through the A and B divisions, would give up their spot to the next B-qualified surfer. For this year, the WSL established a rule that gave the entity wildcards from double-qualified surfers, allowing them to give their CT spot to whomever they wanted.

After submitting a letter signed by more than 100 surfers, the WSL said it will not use the rule this year.

 

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